Investor profile
Adam Van Ness
Fund of funds, Private equity, Venture debt & Managing Director at The Carlyle Group
Adam Van Ness is a Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, whose known portfolio counts 20 companies.
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Investment focus
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, whose known portfolio counts 20 companies
- Kinetic Advantage
- Blackboard
- VerSe Innovation
- Aspen Power
- Golden Goose
- Trucordia
- Indegene
- Sterling Brokers
- Apex Group
- Fang Holdings
- NEP Group
- Nxtra Data
- and 8 more
Investor Profile
The listing covers sectors Climate, Commerce, FinTech and Hardware, and focus areas Analytics, Data, Fashion and Information Services. Startups operating in these areas may find Adam Van Ness relevant.
The Carlyle Group appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds across its known deals.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Adam Van Ness is worth approaching.
Colleagues at The Carlyle Group
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Julius Genachowski
Senior Advisor
Washington, United States
Harvey Schwartz
Chief Executive Officer
New York, United States
Michael Meagher
Head of Origination
New York, United States
Liam Marcil
Private Equity
Montreal, Canada
Thorsten Dippel
Managing Director
London, United Kingdom
Michael Hacker
Partner, AlpInvest Secondaries & Portfolio Finance
New York, United States
Bill Coleman
Operating Executive
San Francisco, United States
David M Rubenstein
Co-Founder & Co-Chairman
Washington, United States
Yuan F.
Private Equity Investors
North Miami Beach, United States
Eleanor Erin
Investor
Irvine, United States
Abhiroop Jayanthi
Managing Director
Mumbai, India
Vladimir Lasocki
Managing Director & Partner
Milan, Italy
Matt Anderson
Chief Digital Officer
Denver, United States
Gregor Boehm
Managing Director
London, United Kingdom
Fernando Chueca
Partner
London, United Kingdom
Alice Chan
Managing Director
Hong Kong
Lina Landsman
Managing Director
Arlington, United States
Will McMullan
Managing Director
New York, United States
Gairy Hall
Managing Director
New York, United States
Bendik Dahle
Managing Director
London, United Kingdom
Frequently asked questions
Who is Adam Van Ness?
Adam Van Ness is a fund of funds investor and private equity investor based in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, listed as Managing Director at The Carlyle Group. The known portfolio of that firm counts 20 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Adam Van Ness personally.
What does Adam Van Ness invest in?
Listed sectors include Climate, Commerce, FinTech and Hardware; listed focus areas include Analytics, Data, Fashion and Information Services. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Adam Van Ness invest at?
The Carlyle Group appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds across its known deals, and Adam Van Ness is listed there as Managing Director. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Adam Van Ness listed at?
Adam Van Ness is listed as Managing Director at The Carlyle Group. 140 other people in the database share a firm with Adam Van Ness.
How do I contact Adam Van Ness?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Adam Van Ness. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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